September’s Newsletter is focused on Declare and Prepare!
Read our September Newsletter here.
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Caregivers have to make many important decisions that affect their loved ones, their families, and themselves. These are HARD decisions, and they can weigh heavily on our minds, adding to our burdens and our stress. It’s all part of the long journey of caregiving, but that journey can get a little easier when you realize that you do not have to travel it alone.
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Time management is important to self-care. The ability to plan and control how you spend your time can be critical in helping you accomplish your goals, and this can help reduce your feelings of frustration and stress.
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Our self-care topic this week is decluttering your space, and probably the most famous expert on this topic is Marie Kondo, whose KonMari method is focused on how to make your home a more calm and relaxing space. With so many of us now working or learning from home, we could all use a little less stress and a little more peace and calm.
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Management is an essential but often neglected topic for caregivers. We have a lot of things thrown our way, and it’s often difficult to keep up. Planning for the future, allocating resources, decluttering your space, time management, and determining who is on your professional team are all ways we can manage and maintain control.
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Today is World Mental Health Day, and the focus this year is on “40 Seconds of Action” to raise awareness about suicide and how each of us can help prevent it. That’s an idea that we can strongly support at Courage to Caregivers as we continue to promote conversations about living with mental illness.
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“We are stronger than we think. We have emotional, spiritual, and even physical resources at our disposal. We may get knocked down, but we don't have to stay down.” – Steve Goodier, author of One Minute Can Change a Life.
Since last week we focused on tangible financial assets, this week I thought it would be good to talk about intangible resources – those mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of our lives that support us, probably more than we know.
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Last week, we encouraged you that it’s OK to change the topic. This week, I hope you’ll resist that temptation because our new theme is Financial/Planning for the Future. And I know that finances rank right up there with politics and religion as subjects that people are uncomfortable discussing.
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As I mentioned last week, the beginning of another school year is an opportunity to get organized – to get back to a more structured schedule. And our house THRIVES on structure! …
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It's back-to-school time again, and we all know what that means. It can be a time of joy. (Can't wait to see friends again! Looking forward to learning new things.) Or a time of sadness (Summer is over already! My kids are growing up too fast.) Or a time of anxiousness. (What will my teachers be like? Will I make any new friends?) Most likely, it will be a combination of all these feelings. …
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